2019 World Jet Boat Championship Brought to you by Capstan Hauling & Carlan Services ADVANCED PROGRAM 2019 World Jet Boat Championship Welcome to the 2019 World Jet Boat Championship, presented by the Western Zone Racing Association and sanctioned by the Canadian Boating Federation and the Union Internationale Motonautique, with the support of the Grande Prairie River Rats, Peace River Boating Association, B.C. Peace Country River Rats and the Whitecourt Riverboat (1982) Association. The race will be held from July 11–21, 2019. Racing will take place throughout Alberta and British Columbia, Canada on many rivers, such as the Athabasca, Peace, Smoky, Wapiti, and Pine. A full race itinerary is attached. REGISTRATION A copy of the registration form is attached to this advanced program and is posted on the Outlaw Eagle Forum at www.outlaweagle.com The form can also be requested from Dale Whiteside, Race Chairman ([email protected]), 2019 World Jet Boat Championship Facebook page, or email [email protected] for more details. The entry fee per boat is $1400.00 CAD and includes 4 meet and greet banquet tickets in Whitecourt and 4 awards banquet tickets. Cheques shall be made payable to “Western Zone Racing Association”. Pre-registration forms will be accepted by email or mail to: 2019 World Jet Boat Championship Visa, Master Card or Debit will be accepted for pre-registration or on the day of registration. Mail to: 2019 World Jet Boat Championship c/o Outlaw Eagle Mfg. 141 Poplar Ridge Road Red Deer County, AB, T4S 0K6 The race will kick off with registration and a Meet & Greet Banquet at the Whitecourt Curling Club on Thursday, July 11 at 5:00 pm. Roll bar camera orientation hosted by Velocity Video is during the Meet & Greet. For drivers and navigators who do not hold a current immersion training certificate, training will be available from noon to 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 11, 2019, in Whitecourt - see page 8 for more info. Race boat tech will take place at River Boat Park, Whitecourt, AB from 9:00 am to 11:00 am on Friday, July 12, 2019. Race Opening Ceremonies will be held at 12:00 pm on Friday, July 12, hosting many dignitaries from the region. Time trials will be held from 1:00 p.m. until approximately 10:00 pm. Time trials are for starting position lane choice on Saturday, July 13, 2019. Time trials are to be a maximum of 4 miles, are not mandatory and will not be included in your overall time. The fastest boats from the time trials will be given preference when choosing lanes for the circuit race on July 13, 2019. Race captain will have the final decision on who is placed in the other heats based on times. All boats that choose not to participate in the time trials, your lane choices will be drawn at the driver’s meeting on Saturday, July 13, 2019. Details regarding how the time trials will be run will be given at Friday’s Drivers meeting (11:00 a.m. Friday July 12, 2019) and lanes will be awarded and drawn at the Drivers meeting at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 13, 2019. The compulsory Boat Show is from 3:00-7:00 pm on Friday, July 12, and all racers must be in attendance during this time. 2 | P a g e 2019 World Jet Boat Championship The first Drivers meeting will be 11:00 am, Friday, July 12, 2019 on the boat ramp at Whitecourt River Boat Park. All other Drivers Meetings will be 1 hour prior to each race leg, unless mentioned at a Drivers meeting earlier that day. UIM rule 900.9.2—204.03 Please email boat pictures and profiles PRIOR TO MAY 1, 2019 for the program to Penny Batt at [email protected] Awards Banquet ticket sales will be held during registration and at various times throughout the race. WORLD RACE CONTACTS: Dale Whiteside [email protected] 403-357-9969 Tim Greber [email protected] 780-831-5240 Penny Batt [email protected] 780-831-4214 RACE FUEL DISTRIBUTORS AMS Engines Edmonton 780-454-4411 Alberta Fuel Distributors Edmonton 1-800-926-3835 Compression Technologies Fort St. John 250-261-0100 Max Fuel Distributors Whitecourt 780-778-2346 Outlaw Eagle Mfg. Red Deer 403-347-4565 Max Fuel Distributors Peace River 780-624-3003 Whitecourt Airport Rotaiva Aircraft Service 780-778-8654 Grande Prairie Airport Happy Gas Inc. 780-532-2878 Peace River Airport Northern Air Charter 780-624-1911 Fort St. John Airport Steve Hessel 250-329-6990 Fuel is not supplied for this race and must be bought and transported by each team. PRIZE MONEY $50,000.00 Prize Money $10,000.00 allotted per class for 1st, 2nd, & 3rd places. “U”, “U-Spec”, “A”, “CX”, and “FX” (unless more than 9 boats in a class) • 1st 50% of class prize money • 2nd 30% of class prize money • 3rd 20% of class prize money • 4th place if 9 – 13 boats in class ($1000.00 if required) • 5th place if 14 boats or over in class ($1000.00 if required) UIM medals for 1st, 2nd, & 3rd place in UIM classes. Overall trophies for 1st, 2nd & 3rd place. (no prize money at this time) Additional awards throughout the race at each town. 3 | P a g e 2019 World Jet Boat Championship 2019 RACE ITINERARY Day Date Town Event/Leg Time Distance Capsule Training, TBA 12:00-5:00 pm Whitecourt, AB Thursday July 11 Curling Club Welcome Meet & Greet 5:00 pm Registration 5:00-8:00 pm Tech 9:00-11:00 am Drivers Meeting 11:00 am Whitecourt, AB Friday July 12 Opening Ceremonies 12:00 pm River Boat Park Time trials 1:00-10 :00 pm Boat Show & Shine 3:00-7:00 pm Whitecourt, AB Drivers Meeting 8:00 am Saturday July 13 Class 1 River Circuit Races 9:00 am 45 miles Peace River, AB Drivers Meeting 9:00 am Sunday July 14 Class 1 River Circuit Races 10:00 am 45 miles Drivers Meeting 9:00 am Peace River, AB Peace River Watino Bridge 10:00 am Monday July 15 44 miles Class 3 Rapids Drivers Meeting 12:00 pm Watino Bridge Peace River 1:00 pm 44 miles Tuesday July 16 DAY OFF RACING Drivers Meeting 9:00 am Grande Prairie, AB Wednesday July 17 O’Brien Park Wapiti Gardens 10:00 am 40 miles Class 1 River Drivers meeting 1:00 pm Wapiti Gardens O’Brien park 2:00 pm 40 miles Drivers meeting 8:00 am Grande Prairie, AB O’Brien Park McLeod Flats 9:00 am 63 miles Thursday July 18 Class 1 River Drivers meeting 1:00 pm McLeod FlatsO’Brien Park 2:00 pm 63 miles Friday July 19 DAY OFF RACING Drivers Meeting 8:00 am Taylor Happy Hour 9:00 am 30 miles Taylor, BC Drivers Meeting 10:30 am Saturday July 20 Class 1 River Happy Hour Taylor 11:00 am 30 miles Drivers Meeting 1:00 pm Circuit Races 2:00 pm 48 miles Taylor Drivers meeting 9:00 am Class 1 River Circuit Races 10:00 am 36 miles Sunday July 21 Awards Banquet Fort St. John, BC Total: Doors Open 6:00 pm Curling Club 528 miles Supper 7:30 pm 4 | P a g e 2019 World Jet Boat Championship RACE CLASSES & CLASS RULES Bratt Jet “Unlimited” Jet Class • Hull any shape. • Unlimited engine restrictions or modifications, any exhaust c/w mufflers • Jet Engines do not require mufflers • Propulsion – jet drive • Roll bar (well mounted & braced) NO aluminum. Outlaw Eagle “Unlimited Spec” Jet Class U-spec boats are competing for an Canadian Class trophy and prize money. Any U-Spec boat that starts and finishes all legs will be eligible for an Overall placing, and will be inserted in the Overall results as a unlimited boat. • Hull any shape. • Engine displacement shall not exceed 570 cubic inches (9400 cc) • Iron Block with maximum deck height of 9.800” • Conventional valve angle heads no less than 24 deg. With a maximum of 0.800” valve opening • Cast single carb intake manifold with maximum carb size of 1050 cfm-throttle plate size of 2.00” • Maximum compression ratio of 10.5 to 1 • Or AMS 565 Spec engine • No Oxygenated Fuel Allowed • Exhaust - any exhaust c/w mufflers • Propulsion – jet drive • Roll bar (well mounted & braced) NO aluminum. • These boats will be registered in Unlimited Class and placed in a separate class (Unlimited Spec) for timing and racing purposes they will qualify for the overall UIM title only. 5 | P a g e 2019 World Jet Boat Championship Weaver Group “A” Jet Class • Hull any shape. • Engine displacement shall not exceed 470 cubic inches (7700 cc) • Superchargers, blowers & turbos are allowed at 1.8 x cubic inch ratio • Oxygenated Fuel Allowed • Exhaust – any exhaust c/w mufflers • Propulsion – jet drive • Roll bar (well mounted & braced) NO aluminum. 6 | P a g e 2019 World Jet Boat Championship Dakota Contracting “CX” Jet Class • Hull any shape. • Stock Crate Engine shall be GM LS3 Engines 376ci CT525 • GM #19259233/525 Fuel Inj., GM #19271821/525 Carb • GM #19301360/525 Fuel Inj., GM #19271821/525 Carb • GM #19244549/480 Fuel Inj., GM #19171225/515 Carb • Any carburetor, or fuel injection engines, normally aspirated only • Stock crate intake manifold with no modifications • Repaired engines must use GM parts pertaining to that engine. • any oil pan (no dry sumps or vacuum pumps allowed) any valve covers, any ignition or distributor • No overbore, no sleeves, no grinding, no cutting, no filing, no milling, no porting, no balancing or engine modifications allowed, no valve seat modification, untouched factory heads only • Modified cooling systems allowed, air/water bleed ports, can be enlarged or added, with or without water pump.